Deputy President William Ruto’s lawyer Karim Khan is set to be sworn in as the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court as Gambian-born Fatou Bensouda retires from The Hague. The civil society groups had strongly opposed Khan’s candidature for the top job, citing his conduct in the Kenyan cases. They also said the ongoing witness tampering case against lawyer Paul Gicheru in which Ruto is adversely mentioned makes Khan unsuitable candidate. “Khan will officially assume the post of the ICC Prosecutor on 16 June 2021,” the ICC announced. Kenyan civil society players were a darling to previous ICC prosecutors and were central in the gathering of evidence against the Ocampo six.

Source: The Star June 11, 2021 10:07 UTC